Health & Beauty

Investment required: Place a £100 minimum order or buy a start up business box for £199.75, which includes a selection of the most popular products and literature pack. No registration fee.

Average number hours a week: You decide your own hours according to the level of income you wish to generate.

Contact details: www.foreverliving.com or search for a local contact

Car required: Not necessarily, but ideal for delivering to customers; meeting new people and attending training events.

Earning Potential: A self employed business opportunity which can generate anything from pocket money to full time income depending on your time and effort. Distributors start earning a minimum 30% retail profit. This increases as you progress through the marketing plan. In addition, generous bonus payments are made on your team's sales.

Best suited to: Any Mum or Dad wishing to have his or her own home-based business.

Name: Madeleine

Location: Penzance, Cornwall

Family: Ellie 10, Flora 7, Phoebe 4, Grace 2

How often do you work?
All the time, I’m a Mum! The business has to fit in around my family life, so no fixed hours.

How does the job fit around your family life?
Very well. I find that when the demands of family life are high, the business will quite happily take a back seat - with no guilt attached. Once you have achieved a position in FLP you can’t go backwards.

How much time do you commit?
I don’t allot myself an amount of time per week or month to work. My family life is too busy for that at the moment, but I never stop telling people about Aloe Vera and that is something I can fit in all the time.

Where do you carry out your work?
From home, school, everywhere I go. It is possible to have business in over 100 countries.

How much space do you have?
Not very much, just space for a couple of boxes for demos and some literature.

Do you need a car?
It is definitely an advantage, but I suppose it would be possible to work the business without one.

Do you advertise?
No

How did you hear about the job?
Through a friend.

Do you get support/training?
Yes there is lots of help and support whenever I need it or want to tap into it.

Are there any downsides to the role?
Like many new businesses, sometimes it can seem to take a long time to see the results, although patience pays dividends.

Would you recommend this opportunity to other Mums?
Yes I would. When you love the product that you are recommending, the business opportunities are an added bonus! This company offers an amazingly versatile business opportunity. One that can be as full on or as laid - back as you want it to be. You really are in control!